Talk:golden boy
Latest comment: 17 years ago by Enginear in topic "From: WT:RFC"
a man who is unusually successful at an early age - any takers? SemperBlotto 07:05, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps it is an Americanism only? It is quite common here, with about that meaning. --Connel MacKenzie T C 07:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- The moniker was (and is) attached to the champion boxer Oscar de la Hoya for precisely that reason. I've seen it applied to lesser known persons as well. --EncycloPetey 07:48, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- My mum (English, but 12 yrs in Aus and 2 in US) used it in the 1960s of her children, as a compliment for being clever, so probably in the above sense though I never asked. I don't remember hearing it from anyone else (in England) so maybe it is chiefly US, or US & Aus. --Enginear 17:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)